At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deliver impactful executive events to strengthen relationships with senior customers.
- Company: Join Autodesk, a leader in innovative software solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hybrid work, and a culture of belonging.
- Other info: Opportunity for global travel and excellent career growth in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Shape executive engagement strategies and make a real impact on customer experiences.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in event project management and strong relationship-building skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
In this role, you will contribute to Autodesk's Executive Engagement program, with primary responsibility for designing and delivering high-impact executive events that strengthen relationships between Autodesk leaders and senior customer decision makers. In addition, you will help shape a broader executive engagement strategy, ensuring these interactions are coordinated with account priorities and other customer engagement activities across Autodesk.
You will work closely with Sales, Account Based Marketing, Customer Success, Industry Strategy, Executive Staff, and other stakeholder teams. You will identify opportunities to deepen executive relationships, create meaningful customer experiences, and drive measurable business outcomes. From planning through execution and measurement, you will oversee programs that build trust, accelerate strategic conversations, and increase customer loyalty.
You combine executive event management expertise with strong programme management, relationship-building, communication, and operational skills. You are a self-starter who can navigate complex organizations, influence senior stakeholders, and connect activities to measurable business outcomes. You should be highly adaptable, strategic, and capable of operating effectively in fast-paced environments while interfacing with leadership teams and executives across Autodesk and customer organizations.
You will report to the Senior Director, Enterprise Marketing. We support hybrid working with no minimum office-day requirement.
Responsibilities- Build high value experiences for selected clients and their top executives, with a focus on marketing engagement measurement, optimization and operational excellence.
- Drive innovative in-person experiences with focus on building relationships on executive level.
- Develop and manage work back plan and cross-functional timelines, detailed project plans, and workstream requirements, act as the source of truth for all stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead and manage strategy and execution and logistics including budgeting and financial management, venue, agency, scheduling, speaker prep, contracts, vendors, deliverables tracking, food and beverage, etc.
- Drive all cross-functional project workstreams to successful execution, track cross-functional deliverables and escalate when necessary.
- Develop and foster stakeholder trust by initiating and nurturing partnerships and delivering consistent subject matter expertise.
- Effectively manage resources and priorities to deliver against competing projects. Identify and problem solve resourcing risks.
- Optimize the event infrastructure by designing and strengthening operational, analytical, and financial processes, in partnership with the Sr. Manager, Global Executive Engagement Programs.
- Demonstrate measurable business impact based on the goals outlined for each experience. Use post-event data to inform recommendations for future events.
- Five or more years of experience in end-to-end event project management and Marketing to executive level internal and external board members.
- Strong project and programme management experience with emphasis on setting goals, budgets, and timelines, mitigating risks, and managing delivery through multiple partners and dependencies.
- Proven experience in event programme management tactics, including development of workback plans and timelines, budgets, briefs, end-to-end project plans, etc.
- Ability to travel up to 50% globally and potentially over weekends. The primary focus of this role will be within EMEA and the United States while you will liaise with your colleagues globally.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
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Autodesk is an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of innovation and collaboration, making it an ideal place for professionals looking to make a meaningful impact. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have access to diverse opportunities for development while working in a hybrid environment that promotes work-life balance. Join us in shaping the future with cutting-edge technology and a commitment to building a better world.